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CARRIAGE BAGIL. No. 893,213. Patente'd Nov. 20,, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES H. GLOYES, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

' CARRIAGE-BACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393.213, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed March 26, 1886. Serial No. 196,744. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. GLoYEs,a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Oarriage-Back, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of backs of carriage-seats and the like, in which buttons or tufts are employed.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the manufacture and secure greater uniformity in the pillows, between which buttons or tufts are fixed.

Various ways of securing the buttons or tufts in the backs have heretofore been adopted; but all so far as I know consume too much time without securing the most desirable results.

In the drawings forming apart of this specification, Figure 1 shows a broken portion of a seat-back in perspective, one side being in section; Fig. 2, a detail of Fig. l in sectional elevation, enlarged, like letters of reference showing the details; Fig. 3, button after having been used, in side elevation; Fig. 4, a bottom view of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5is an elevation of a tuft prior to use with a portion of the stem in vertical section.

Referring to the letters marked on the drawings, A is a piece of stiff paper-board.

B is the fabric, velvet or plush, or whatever may be used, and E shows the hair filling. At stated intervals the fabric B is drawn to the board A and held by buttons D or tufts D, forming the back into pillows or biscuits. This illustration and description of a' wellknown art I have merely introduced to show the use of the buttons and tufts provided with the hollow stem.

Fig. 5, at a, shows the stem extending at right angles to the button or tuft head. Whether it be a button or tuft it is all the sameso far as the invention is concerned. The

stem a may be formed integral with the button, or in any way made solid or secure with it where they join.

In using buttons provided with the hollow stem 11 the free ends of the stems are inserted through the back, holes of course having been punched for the purpose. The back is then turned over, and with a suitable die or punch the end of the metal stems which extend through the board A are split and turned over onto the back of the board. A firm stroke on the die firmly draws the button to place and sets the tongues c of the split stem, as illustrated in the drawings. The stem ordinarily splits into four tongues, but not always. The die employed. is not here shown, but will be readily understood. The stem should taper toward its free end, and should be made thinner around the hole at this end to facilitate splitting and turning over. So readily can these buttons be secured in the backs that the labor of many men in a large factory can be dispensed with. By the use of these stems the back of the backs is left smooth, requiring only a covering of oil-cloth, and the pil lows have a uniform height, as all the buttons or tufts are drawn down with an equal strain.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is A carriage-back composed of the front material, the board back, the hair or other suitable stuffing interposed between the front material and board back, and buttons or tufts which are provided with the hollow stems passed through the materials and battered over onto the back of the board.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. CLOYES.

WVitnesses:

E. O. SOUTHARD, LEA 0. WEST. 

